COVID

Pharmacies and health departments across the U.S., including some in northern Michigan, have started to distribute updated COVID-19 shots.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Munson Healthcare updated the public on the spread of respiratory illnesses in the region.

The bivalent boosters are specialized to protect against more than just the original strain of the virus.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has refused to order an Ann Arbor hospital to comply with a family’s demand to use a de-worming drug on an elderly man suffering from COVID-related health conditions.

The lack direct care workers is causing some area facilities to close and increasing unmet needs for the elderly and ill.

Kalkaska Public Schools has decided to go to universal masking in an attempt to keep up student attendance.

Baldwin Community Schools have had to cancel almost half of its first few weeks of classes.

A rural health department in the Upper Peninsula says it’s getting slammed by new COVID-19 cases.

Traverse City Area Public Schools' Board of Education will now require masks to be worn by students and staff, following a 5-1 vote Friday afternoon that reversed its earlier policy.